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In U.S., Mudslides Common, But Usually Few Deaths The largest mudslide in recorded history occurred just 140 miles south of Oso, on the slope of Mount St. Helens, when the volcano erupted in May 1980. The intense heat from the eruption instantly turned more than 70% of the snow and glacial ice on the mountain to water.
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10 Biggest Earthquakes in History It is the third-largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph and had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 centimetre (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. Its epicentre was between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia.
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The Johnstown Flood: the Worst Dam Failure in U.S. History The Johnstown Flood. But by far the most famous dam failure, and indeed one of the worst disasters in U.S. history, was the Johnstown flood of 1889. It is also a story with striking similarities to that of the Kaloko Dam collapse.
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The Great M9.2 Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964 Videos. 1  Magnitude 9.2: The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Short video (4 min) by Stephen Wessells, USGS relating how the largest quake in U.S. history had profound and lasting impacts on our lives. The video features USGS geologist George Plafker who, in the 1960’s, correctly interpreted the quake as a subduction zone event.
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Huang He floods Huang He floods: Huang He floods, (1887, 1931, 1938), series of devastating floods in China caused by the overflowing of the Huang He (Yellow River), the country’s second longest river. These three floods collectively killed millions and are considered to be the three deadliest floods in history and among the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded.
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10 Biggest Earthquakes in History 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. It is the third-largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph and had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 centimetre (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
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Crude calamities â the biggest offshore oil spill disasters Oil rig or oil tanker accidents are behind the worst offshore oil spills in history, including the tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. Offshore-technology.com profiles the world’s biggest oil spill disasters based on the volume of oil released.
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Worst Freeway Pileups of All Time (And What You Can Do to Avoid One) Deemed the biggest traffic accident in Czech history, the took eleven hours to clear the roadway, partly because there were concrete columns that further congested the site, partly because there were almost 200 vehicles involved.
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Yellowstone Supervolcano Earthquake Swarm Now One of Biggest on Record, With Over 2,300 Tremors Orange indicates an earthquake in the past two days, while yellow marks earthquakes in the past two weeks. University of Utah . Still, the ongoing swarm is now one of the longest and largest on record. The largest swarm ever recorded was in October 1985; it lasted for three months and included more than 3,000 earthquakes. There was another large swarm in 2010, when more than 2,000 events were recorded over a month.
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âTorrey Canyonâ oil spill “Torrey Canyon” oil spill. No doubt about it, the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 was bad. Millions of gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf Coast. It was the largest oil spill disaster since the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. The upside is both of those disasters (and many others like it) could have been worse if not for the lessons learned early in 1967 when the British Supertanker Torrey Canyon hit a reef off the southern coast of England and began leaking oil.
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Big Thompson Flood of 1976 Big Thompson Flood of 1976. Big Thomson flood of 1976 washed out Highway 34. The Big Thompson flood of 1976 was the deadliest flash flood in Colorado’s recorded history. On July 31, between 12 and 14 inches of rain fell over a four-hour period in the mountains around the resort town of Estes Park.
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10 of the biggest heists in history (11 Photos) In the opening hours of the Iraq War, Saddam Hussein ordered his son and a close advisor to cart off $1 billion dollars from the Central Bank of Iraq in what would become the largest bank heist in history.
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World's Tallest Tsunami World's Biggest Tsunami The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Faul … t in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay.orld's Biggest Tsunami The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Faul … t in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay.
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Sad find: Youngest victim pulled from Washington state mudslide DARRINGTON, Wash. -- The body of the youngest victim so far of Saturday's mudslide was pulled from the wreckage on Thursday, for many bringing home the enormity of the tragedy.
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15 Biggest and Worst Floods Ever in History It is inevitable; no human can stop it from happening. Well, we don’t know about aliens whether they can or cannot, and if they can, we can do with a little help, don’t we. We feel it as our duty to inform you about the biggest and Worst Floods Ever in the history of our civilization. 15. St. Marcellus flood (AD.1362)
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What Are the Biggest Waves in Recorded History? an earthquake followed by a landslide in 1958 in alaska s lituya bay generated a wave 100 feet high the tallest tsunami ever documented when the wave ran ashore it snapped trees 1700 feet upslope five deaths were recorded but property damage was minimal because there were few cities or towns nearby
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10 Biggest Earthquakes in History Listed below are all known earthquakes measured or estimated to have a magnitude of 8.5 or above on the moment magnitude or Richter magnitude scale. The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) of 22 May is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted approximately 10 minutes.
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- Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Biggest skydiving formation-US skydivers sets world record OTTAWA, IL, USA -- Jumping from an altitude of 5,500m, 108 daredevils linked up at 180mph (290km/h) while facing headfirst towards the ground and setting the world record for the biggest ever formation of people in headfirst freefall.
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The 25 biggest earthquakes ever recorded Globally, however, earthquakes comprise some of the deadliest natural disasters in history. In 1556, the Shaanxi Province earthquake in the People’s Republic of China killed an estimated 830,000 people, making it the deadliest earthquake on record. As a magnitude 8.0 earthquake, it is not one of the biggest in history. But, it caused large-scale destruction for two reasons: weak structural integrity of homes in the area and Shaanxi’s location near three major fault lines.
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The largest drain hole in the world Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam’s is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).
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Top 10 biggest earthquake ever recorded in history 1. Valdivia earthquake (1960) Valdiva earthquake was the largest earthquake ever recorded by the instrument in the history. It was originating at coast of southern Chile on may 22 1960. The earthquake occurs at 7:11 PM, 100 miles off the cost of Chile, parallel to the city Valdivia.
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What Causes Mudslides? However, sometimes damage caused by a mudslide can take days or even weeks to surface. An example of this 'delayed triggering' of deeper landslides occurred in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1998, when mudslides forced the evacuation of more than 100 people and destroyed several houses five days after the rain had stopped, according to the California Geological Survey (CGS).
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- A sampling of the biggest, most destructive and deadliest tsunamis on record, including the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan and the Indonesian disaster in 2004. A sampling of the biggest, most destructive and deadliest tsunamis on record, including the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan and the Indonesian disaster in 2004.
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5 Ways to Terminate a Contract Prior Agreement. You may terminate a contract if you and the other party have a prior written agreement that calls for a contract termination because of a specific reason. The agreement must give the details of what qualifies as a reason for contract termination.
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The Greatest 24-Hour Deluge in the US Ever The storm was the culprit behind the greatest amount of rain dropped over the course of 24 hours in the U.S. The greatest 24-hour rainfall amount in the world is nearly 72 inches. Alvin, Texas, was deluged by 43 inches of rain in 24 hours from July 24-25, 1979, setting an all-time record 24-hour rainfall for the U.S. The torrential rain fell as Tropical Storm Claudette made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border before stalling right over Alvin.
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Yellow River The large amount of mud and sand discharged into the river makes the Yellow River the most sediment-laden river in the world. The highest recorded annual level of silts discharged into the Yellow River is 3.91 billion tons in 1933.